Pace-Edwards PowerGate LK250 Chevy Full Size & CK (1988-1998) - Manual

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Chevy
Full Size & CK
1988-1998
Part # LK250
Long Wire
Harness
Short Wire
Harness
Wire
Ties
Wire
Taps
PowerGate TM LK250 Unit
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
LK250-1205
STEP 1: Remove Handle Assembly
With the tailgate closed, remove the plastic bezel around the tailgate handle by pulling up and out on the bottom edge
with your fi ngers. Remove the three screws from the handle assembly inside the tailgatewith a Torx T-40 driver. Let
the handle assembly drop down enough to rotate the plastic rod retainers so that the rods can be disconnected and
removed. Remove the handle assembly.
STEP 2: Install PowerGate™
Pull on the rods enough to open the tailgate. Route the short wire harness through the drain hole at the bottom of the
tailgate and up through the latch opening so that the black plug is outside and below the tailgate. Close the tailgate.
Connect the two wires in the tailgate to the two wires located on the PowerGate motor. Insert the PowerGate and the
handle assembly into the tailgate. Install the three screws through the PowerGate and into the handle assembly and
tighten. Slide the stainless steel bolt with your fi nger to insure the bolt secures the handle assembly. Install the rods
into the plastic rod retainers of the handle assembly.
STEP 3: Route Long Wire Harness, Relay Loom and Connect Wires
Plug the long wire harness to the short wire harness. Route the long wire harness underneath the driver’s side of the
truck to the fi rewall
Using the Relay Loom on the drivers side of the engine compartment thread the purple and gray wire loom through
the fi re wall of the truck. (Try to follow OEM wire routes whenever possible.)
Locate the gray and tan wires behind the driver’s side kick panel just forward of the door. On older model CK trucks,
the access hole is smaller and the wire harness may be tucked up above the access hole. It may be necessary to
remove the grommet in the driver’s side door jam in order to pull this wire harness down. Attach one blue wire tap to
the gray and one blue wire tap to the tan.
Install one blue wiretap on each of the two wires indicated above. Plug the purple and gray wires to the wire taps.
Return to the engine compartment and plug the long wire harness from the PowerGate unit to the Relay loom with the
green and blue wires. (Testing will be done later to insure appropriate connections)
Inside the engine compartment locate the positive post next to the fuse panel on the fender well. Open the cap for the
positive post, remove the nut and slip the red wire with the fuse holder on that post. Re-install the nut and close the
cap. Find the ground-wire bolt on the driver side fender well and remove it. Install the black wire to the ground-wire bolt
and make sure you get all of the black ground wires that were there when you started, re-install the bolt.
Return to the cab and make sure the door locks and tailgate lock work. Test the lock by locking and unlocking your
power door locks. If the lock/unlock direction of the PowerGate does not correspond with the direction of your door
locks then switch the purple and gray loom wires where they are attached to the door lock wires and test again.
STEP 4: Secure Wires
Install the plastic bezel around the tailgate latch. Secure all wires with wire ties provided so that there are no loose,
dangling ends.
Relay
Loom
Purple &
Gray wires
Green &
Blue wires
Red wire w/ fuse
holder &
black ground-wire